Does anyone still make em? Seems like they are all these short bed abominations now.

IDK but I hope so, a bed shorter than 8' is about useless. At least to me.

You can get em in 3/4 ton , I don't think you can get one in a 1/2 ton anymore.

I just sold my old truck with a 8 ft bed. The guy that got it said he been looking for awhile for one.

I wouldent own anything shorter than 8'

my van is 10'

Toyota makes some Tundras with an 8ft bed.

an 8ft bed is the best thing about a truck. Everything else is just fluff.

My Tundra Double Cab has an eight foot bed but it's a 2008 model.

my 2017 chevy is a 3/4 extended cab with a 8' bed.

my 2010 Tundra is a 1 seater 8 foot bed. I looked a while back then for one like it. Standard work truck. NO bells and definitely No whistles. I LIKE it!

I like the guys with the 8 foot beds then they slap a honkin big 2foot toolbox across the front.LOL.
I prefer the extended cab with the 6 1/2 foot bed.You can lock stuff inside the cab,and if you need more bed a bed extender is easy to slap on and off when needed.

That's the most ridiculous things I've seen in a long time.

Extended cab (to lock your stuff in) AND 8ft box. And airbags so you can load it to the gills. Most stock suspension (even the 1 tons) are too soft if you're going to put any real weight back there.

But the downside to any full size truck is they are junk offroad compared to the little trucks. Always a trade off.

I got a 2017 Ford F-150 2x2 with a 8 foot bed. Dealer said no one wants them anymore. Would not have a truck without a 8 ft bed. Don't know if you can get a 2018 or 2019 with 8 ft bed.

Anything other than an 8' bed is useless in my opinion. OP, I feel your pain. When I was on the hunt two years ago, I found the only used, diesel 8' bed in about 250 miles. LITERALLY! You can get them used but they are going to probably be fleet trucks like mine was so be extra careful checking it out.

my favorite was the 4 door 8 foot bed but it sure was long but as long as you park out in truck parking it's all good

my current is a F150 6' 6" bed 2wd with a small back seat but the price was right I added a ladder rack to carry lumber I can load a lot of wood on the roof , just got to take the corners slow when loaded that way

before that I was in a E350 15 passenger van seat 5 and

for hunting I borrowed a grain tote with a lid and put my dry stuff in there then coolers on top and strap it all down

guns across the back seat with other items I wanted close at hand.

AND, I've found that older 8' beds have parallel sides and newer ones have a tapered bed, that a shell from an older truck will not fit properly.

I'll just keep my "92 1/2 ton Chev going then, and my "78" Powerwagon too.

Long wheel base on an extended cab with an 8ft box wont cut it on the bush roads around here.Lots of washouts to cross,so shorter wheelbase is a must.

If the kayak craze gets bigger maybe there will be more interest in an 8' bed in 1500 size...12' kayak is hard to haul in a short bed without getting into a bunch of widgets. I brought my kayak up to the NTA in escanaba and Im not sure I could of done that trip out of my Jeep or a short bed truck with all the camping stuff I brought as well.

Go 8' or go home.....

Those were real trucks anyhow, Les. These new trucks are not what the old ones were.

We will make sure to tell the one guy that visits.....

Chevy appears to still make them.

I absolutely hate long beds on trucks. Mostly just guys making up for other shortcomings.

I bought in 2013 a brand new at the time Chevy with an 8 ft. bed. It was what the dealer said was I think called a “work truck” package. It is Stripped down version.

It is a single cab. Therefore I am not driving a too long to me vehicle.

I have no use for a truck with anything but an 8 ft. Bed.

I see trucks with the short beds that then have a toolbox. The area left is worthless.

Chevy and GMC still make 8 a foot box. Might have to order one as not many around.

I had to order my 14 Ram with a regular cab and 8 foot bed, Had a quad cab with short bed and it was useless as a truck, so traded for the 14. I use it in the woods trapping and didn't want anything too long.

I only buy cab & chassis pickups. They are 8’6”!! I need all the room I can get.

I have an 88 Mitsubishi mighty max with a. 6 foot bed. I can fit 4x8 sheets of material if I put 8 ft 2x4s on top of the taigate for the sheets to rest on. I fit my 10 ft kayak and 4 five gallon buckets just fine.

I've owned several pickups, all 8ft beds, and agree that these short beds suck.
My wife owns a mini van, you can fit a 8ft sheet of plywood inside and as a bonus you can fit 10ft lumber (2 x 12's no less) and 12ft pcs of trim inside.
My last working vehicle I owned was a GMC 3/4 ton van with the extended body. That beast was a hauler.
I prefer a van, have all your stuff locked up and away from prying eyes.
I'd buy a minivan, than a work van over a short box pickup any day, even over a 8ft box pickup.
Pickups are kinda useless to me, a minivan will do everything I need and lots more than a pickup will.

My Dad was a drywall contractor for many years. He used the same method to haul 12ft sheets of rock in a 8ft box pickup back when trucks were just trucks.
Load up a pickup with a bunch of rock in the back and steering sure gets light.

You guys that are 8ft or die must not live in civilization, I need a crew cab because I have to regularly haul my kids around, and with a 8 ft bed i would have to park who knows where and some of the parking lots wouldn't even be able to navigate with that long of a wheelbase due to the curb radiuses. When I need to haul something that won't fit in my 6 1/2 ft bed with a toolbox I use ...... a trailer. Heck of a lot easier to hook up to it for the few times a month I can't fit stuff in the bed than driving the Lusitania around all year.....

Plus, like Boco said, I can lock stuff securely inside the cab on the back seat when I need to.

Lol. Lusitania.

Civilization is overrated

I agree. Good one. I have a topper on a quad cab 6.5 foot bed. .......and a utility trailer. Great for camping and towing but I don’t use my truck for work. If I still worked construction I’d buy a regular cab with an 8 foot box for a work truck.

What? Kids don't ride in the 8 foot bed with all the empties?

P.S. My mini van has an 8 ft bed That was why I bought it.

An 8 foot bed with extended cab is absurd, an extended cab with 6.5 bed with a tool box is useless, Id prefer a reg cab with 8 ft bed, but got to admit the extended cab is pretty useful, nobody rides back there but you can get all your tools in without a box, throw my foul weather gear in and it dries, groceries when its raining, etc. I miss the 8 ft bed, but can manage.

Some of you guys apparently need some additional driving lessons. My Tundra Double Cab w/ eight foot bed is twenty-one feet long. It goes anywhere an ordinary car can. Then again, I know how to drive.

Crowded, multi-level parking garages in a big city, no problem:






Double-parked with the rest of the "regular cars" picking up college students in downtown Washington DC, no problem.



If you think a few extra feet, one way or another, is going to make a difference in how well you maneuver a vehicle, well...see my first statement on this post.

I'll admit I'm a terrible automobile driver. I scare myself these days. Don't get much practice.

As I said before, My 2010 Tundra is a work truck(single seat with 8' bed. The WT description. It has no power windows and has manual door locks. No power seats. It has no carpet and the seats are vinyl. You can open the doors and hose it out! lol.
Sometimes it needs it too.
The truck is built on the same frame as a twin cab with six foot bed. That means the doors are huge. The reason I bought the truck is because there is a huge space behind the seat. I can probably lay down back there. I can lock things in there out of sight.
I doubt I could have found a better truck for me. I see Bass Pro Shops near me has the exact same truck and use it for hauling boats and trailers in and out.

All the truck manufacturers still make 8 ft beds, dealers just don’t stock them much anymore due to demand. There are a lot of them available up here due to all the industrial, oil fields and construction. You might try looking for commercial/industrial surplus sales for good deals. They are most commonly stripped-down “fleet models”, but you can get them with full trim if you buy new or look in the right places.
Between contracting, camping, hunting and trapping I’d feel useless without an 8 ft bed, and often it’s still not enough. I used to have an overhead lumber rack on my truck, then I scored a commercial topper with the side doors. Now I can keep tools locked up, dry and hidden better than in the cab. Then I had a stroke of genius and put my lumber rack on my old pickup-bed trash trailer, and now I can haul just about whatever I want . I think this is the most versatile setup I’ve ever had.

My next truck will be a 4-door (crew cab) 8 ft bed. Biggest I can get. Like I tell people, if 2 or 4 feet makes the difference in your driving ability, then by all means stick with a vehicle size that matches the rest of you.

Here’s what a “loaded”camping trip looked like before I had the rack or box. The second pic is my current setup. Ugly but practical!

Still holds a pile of coons!

I've seen more than a few 6 pack's with a 4' bed, why bother, just as well get an SUV. I gotta have a log bed, and won't ever have another truck without the 3rd door, extended cab.

They certainly do still make them. Chevy at least calls them "work trucks". I refuse to get anything shorter than 8' because I have room for my toolbox in the winter

i had to look all over to find an 8' box 4x4. you just don't see them anymore. my guess is most people use their trucks as cars instead of work vehicles.

I use my van as a tool box for my drywall gear. There is lots of room in it. If it was 4 wheel drive I would trap beaver in it as I can get a 10' drowner rod to fit nicely.

An 8 foot bed just allows the contents to slide further when ya hit the brakes.

If ya actually haul stuff things don't have anywhere to go :p

In 20 years, I’ve yet to find something I need to haul that would fit in an 8’ bed but won’t fit in my 6’ bed.

I have been in the wrong line of work for more than 20 years then

For a work truck they make complete sense. But for a guy that uses it for farm work and as a daily driver, I’ve never seen the need. I’m pretty sure I’m not in the minority, thats why they aren’t as common as 6’ beds.

I like the 8' bed, and a few of us got to work, to carry everyone else.

if they made a 10' bed i'd jump right on it!

You just have to go your 1 1/2 ton or bigger trucks, in a flat bed, and with a diesel, lol., and in a duly. I'd like one too.

I bought my first new truck in 1970, Chevy 2wd, 350 4bl, 3 on the tree, with an 8 ft bed. Every truck I have owned since has had an 8 ft bed except for one. My 2012 Ford F350 4x4 has an 8 ft bed & a standard cab. Anything less than an 8 ft bed isn't a truck, it is a grocery getter.